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UNVFD STAT B. CUOJLEY, O'IE SPRINGFJELD, MISSOURI.

DISHWASHER. i

Application led February 23, 1921. Serial No. 447,128.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, FRANK B. CooLnY, a citizen of the United States, residing lat Springiield, in the county of Greene and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Dishwashers, of which the followingn is a specification.

My present invention has reference to a dish washing machine.

My object is to produce a machine for this purpose which may be operated either man-y ually or by a motor and which will thoroughly cleanse dishes in an expeditious manner without danger of breaking or otherwise injuring the same.

A further object is the production of a dish washing apparatus which shall be of a simple, cheap and elicient construction and which employs few replaceable parts.

A. further object is the production, in a dish washing apparatus, of a dasher that acts on the water 1n a manner to elevate and splash the same a ainst dishes which are arranged yin suitab e compartments provided therefor and also to force the water directly horizontally against the dishes, so that the same will be e'ectively cleaned in a quick and easy manner.

The foregoing, and other objects which will appear as the nature of the lnvention is better understood, may be accomplished by a construction, combination and o erative arrangement of parts, such as is isclosed by the drawings 'which accompany and which form art of this specification.

ln t e'drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a dish washing apparatus constructed in accordance with this invention. J

Figure 2 is a sectional view approximately on the line 2 2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view approximately on the line 3 3 of Figure 1.

Fi re 4 isa horizontal sectional view approximately on the line 1 4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the dasher.

As disclosed by the drawings, ll employ av substantially rectangular receptacle 1 open at its up er end and supported atits corners by spending1 le 2. @n the legs are suitable casters w erey the device may be readily moved. f

ln the receptacle there is a metallic tank or water container 3 that has its bottom Awall flared outwardly, ae at 4L to the center thereL1 of, the said center being dat, as at 5 and having a normally closed drain opening arranged adjacent one corner thereof and having secured thereon an upstanding annular shell 6 which is rovided with a series of openings 6. ln t e tank, and supported on the bottom wall of a reticulated basket 6 there is any desired number of annular vertical reticulated partitions 7 which provide therebetween compartments for the dishes to be cleaned. Preferably the bottom of the receptacle 1 is shaped to correspond with that of the tank, and the said bottom at the center thereof is open or may have an open-` ing therethrough for the reception of the pipe that communicates with the drain opening in the tank. The water in the tank will be directed to the center thereof and will readily flow through the drain when the latter is opened.

On the open top of the receptacle there is hinged, as at 8, the cover member 9. The cover preferably has its inner face formed with an enlargement 10 disposed inward of 'its ends, and the sides and edges of the said enlargement, 10, contact with the inner walls of the tank 3, thus providing a water tight joint between the cover and tank. flhe cover, at the sides thereof is provided with pivoted braces 11 having their free ends notched, as at 12 to receive outstanding studs 13 on the sides of the receptacle, so that they cover may be arranged at substantially a vertical position with respect to the receptacle to permit of the dishes being arranged in the tank or removed therefrom. f

0n the outer face of the cover 9 there is centrally secured a plate 14;. The plate has a central opening 15 therein which registers with a slmilar opening in the cover 9, and the said plate, at one side of the said opening 15 has an upstanding bracket member 16. The late, at one of the ends thereof is provided with an additional upstanding bracket 17 of a less height than the bracket 16. rlhe brackets 16 and 1'? have hub portions that surround openings therein. and these openings provide bearings for a shaft 18. rllhe outer end of the shaft has secured thereon a wheel 19 provided with a handle 20. The wheel may be hitched to a suitable source of power, or'the shaft may be rotated manually, if desired. vllhe 'shaft 18, on the end thereof that projects inward of the bracket 16 has keyed thereto a, beveled gear 21 which meshes with the lll@ lllli lll@ i pinion 22 on a vertically disposed shaft 23 that passes through the referred to opening 15 in the plate 14: and through the opening in the cover. The pinion has an outstanding hub 24 provided with a threaded opening through which passes a binding element 25 that locks the pinion on the shaft 23.

The bracket 16 has its upper end arranged at an angle and formed with an enlargement 26 that has an opening therethrough, and the vertical shaft 23 finds a bearing in this opening.

On the inner end of the shaft is the splasher that directs the water against the dishes for cleaning the same. The splasher is broadly indicated by the numeral 27 and has projecting from the hub thereof radially arranged angularly disposed blades 28. The slanting blades will force the water upwardly against the dishesto be washed. In addition to this, there' are arranged on the base of the hub follower blades 29 that are extended from the hub centrally between Leiaaea the binding element, the latter may` be released to permit of the shaft 23 being moved upwardly so that the splasher will be arranged against the inner face of the cover, and the cover readily swung to open position Without the splasher interfering with the dishes in the device.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim, is: v

A dish washer of the character described comprising a lined receptacle having the central portion of its bottom fiat, an annular shell rising from and having portions engaging the said flat .portion of the bottom and being provided with spaced openings in the side walls to allow drainage to an out-let opening formed in the receptacle adjacent one corner of the flat portion thereof, a reticulated basket including partitions and having a central portion resting upon the shell and its outer edges engaging the receptacle at the line of juncture of the bottom and side walls thereof, and an agitating means disposed within the receptacle and having its lower portion arranged within the basket and above the top of the annular shell for the pur ose specied.

In testimony w ereof I afx my signaure.

FRANK B. COOLEY. 

